North Shore Death Notices: June 27 To July 3

The following death notices were added to funeral homes serving the North Shore area in the past week. Those homes have provided obituaries for some of those that have passed away recently. Patch offers condolences to their loved ones, links to their obituaries and notices of upcoming services below.

Kelley & Spalding Funeral Home, 1787 Deerfield Road in Highland Park

Eric Bernstein, 51, Highland Park
Service July 8

Randall “Rod” Mueller, 78, Riverwoods
Service July 9

Philip Allen “Rev” Desenis, 93, Northbrook
Service Sept. 10

Ruth Kuypers Macco, 98, Wheeling
Service July 30

Edward J. Weiler, 98, McHenry

Lillian Dinelli Francis, 96, Highland Park

Ruth Clayton Schiff, 93, Highland Park

Seguin & Symonds Funeral Home, 858 Sheridan Road in Highwood and 11 West Belvidere Road in Grayslake

Stephen Underwood Barry, 81, Lake Forest
Service July 9

Barbara St. Germaine nèe Smith, 72, Chicago

Corina Buenaventura, 60, Chicago

Wenban Funeral Home, 320 Vine Ave. in Lake Forest

Daniel Martin Dressel, 79, Lake Forest
Service July 7

Irene Koenig, 92, Lake Bluff

Samantha Lee Williams, 59, Lake Forest

Reuland & Turnbough Funeral Home, 1407 N. Western Ave. in Lake Forest

Mia Scholz, 55, Lake Forest
Service July 19

Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie and 195 N. Buffalo Grove Road in Buffalo Grove

Riva Volpov, 86, Buffalo Grove
Service July 7

Tony Freeman, 82, Deerfield
Service July 7

Ilene Rothman, 69, Skokie
Service July 7

Stephen Straus, 88, Highland Park
Service July 8

Arlene Levin, 93, Northbrook
Service July 11

Belle Karger, 101, Skokie

Ernest Lorch, 99, Wilmette

James Stuart Rosenbaum, 96, Evanston

Bernard Radin, 94, Northbrook

Eugene Crane, 92, Evanston

Aaron S. "Ronny" Wolff, 92, Deerfield

Tsilia Zoltak, 91, Chicago

Eugene "Gene" Chez, 89, Skokie

Jack H. Mozenter, 84, Wilmette

Hyma J. Levin, 80, Lincolnwood

Martin B. Randell, 80, Round Lake Beach

Harriet L. Chavis, 77, Chicago

Stuart Niles Blackman, 76, Chicago

Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd. in Skokie

Ryan Victor McDonagh, 15, Northbrook
Service July 8

James Sutton Van Pelt, 86, Winnetka
Service July 13

George Danner Kennedy, 96, Winnetka

Frances O’Brien nèe McDonald, 94, Evanston

Elizabeth "Betty" Louise Sorkin nèe Hoskins, 91, Evanston

Loren Murphy Berry, 80, Winnetka

Haben Funeral Home, 8057 Niles Center Road in Skokie

Ralph V. Burmeister, 84, Glenview
Service July 13

Eileen C. Elward nèe McGuiness, 92, Skokie
Visitation July 13, service July 14

Evanston Funeral and Cremation, 1726 Central St. in Evanston

Rodney Ernest Walston, 58, Evanston

N. H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home, 1240 Waukegan Road in Glenview

Tassos P. Nassos, 84, Northbrook
Visitation July 8, service July 9

Robert Kenneth "Ken" Muto, 91, Glenview

Simkins Funeral Home, 6251 Dempster St. in Morton Grove

Sean Timothy Carberry, 31, Chicago
Visitation July 9

Glenn E. Davis, 68, Glenview

Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Blvd. in Wilmette

Jacquelyn "Jacki" Lovi Sundheim, 63, Highland Park
Service July 8

Philip Lee Lapin, 94, Highland Park

Phyllis Ruth Kronenberger née Kassel, 93, Northbrook

Ellen Wolf nèe Salomon, 92, Highland Park

Marina Litvinova, 89, Skokie

Patricia Cantor nèe Anderson, 84, Glencoe

Gale G. Rattner nèe Golovan, 81, Evanston

Bruce M. Jacobson, 79, Evanston

Rochelle “Shellee” Greenfield nèe Schatz, 78, Northbrook

Ira Strauss, 67, Chicago

Featured Obituary:

Mia Scholz, 55, of Lake Forest died July 1, 2022 in the comfort of her home with her family after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer.

She is the wife of Matthew (married 19 years); mother of Henry and Beatrice; daughter of John Kreis and the late Sandra Kreis; sister of the late Lance Kreis.

She is also survived by numerous extended family members and a wonderful network of dear, supportive friends in the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff area.

Mia was born in Coshocton, OH. Growing up in Coshocton she enjoyed swimming, horseback riding and hunting for attractive examples of early American furniture and decorative art. She graduated in 1988 from Miami University with a B.S. in Accountancy. After graduation, she moved to Chicago to begin an 11-year career at Arthur Andersen before moving on to work with Walgreens…one of her long-time Andersen audit clients…for the next 16 years until her retirement in 2015 as Controller.

She married Matt in 2003 and together they bought a home in Lake Forest and began to build their family.

Mia was intensely focused on her children’s happiness & success. She derived special pleasure from helping Henry pursue his passion for sailing and helping Beatrice advance her equestrian skills. She was an active walker and loved to travel to beautiful, remote locations, esp. those with mountains. She happily put her commitments to family and work ahead of her own pursuits but was always fascinated to read about explorers who pushed themselves to the limits of mental and physical endurance. Integrity, loyalty, focus, persistence, and perseverance were some of her many strengths.

Send obituaries and images to your Patch to be included in future editions: Deerfield, Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park, Lake Bluff-Lake Forest, Niles-Morton Grove, Northbrook, Skokie, Winnetka-Glencoe-Northbrook, Wilmette-Kenilworth

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